Looking for breakthrough ideas for innovation challenges? Try Patsnap Eureka!

Method and system of computerized video assisted language instruction

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-11-07
MEIRI MEISHAR
View PDF6 Cites 17 Cited by
  • Summary
  • Abstract
  • Description
  • Claims
  • Application Information

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The invention is about developing computerized methods for learning languages that are connected to popular videos. These methods can be used independently of the videos and can be mixed and matched to create a more interesting and effective learning experience.

Problems solved by technology

As a result, language instructional material is often dull and boring to watch.
Here, however, such popular and compelling movies and videos are almost never designed for language instruction.
Unfortunately, under modern copyright law, the burden of obtaining copyright permissions for repurposing such popular movies and videos can be almost overwhelming.

Method used

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
View more

Image

Smart Image Click on the blue labels to locate them in the text.
Viewing Examples
Smart Image
  • Method and system of computerized video assisted language instruction
  • Method and system of computerized video assisted language instruction
  • Method and system of computerized video assisted language instruction

Examples

Experimental program
Comparison scheme
Effect test

Embodiment Construction

[0029]In one embodiment, the invention may be a computerized system or method of language instruction or practice. Generally the invention will be based on obtaining video or audio media (which may be third party video or audio media), here with a corresponding audio sound track that contains spoken words in at least a first language to be learned. The video media will generally comprise movies and other video such as recorded television programs, independent user produced videos, and the like. The invention's methods may also work with pure audio media as well, and since it is cumbersome to repeatedly write “movies or video or audio media”, unless otherwise specified, use of the term “video media” should be construed as usually encompassing audio media as well.

[0030]The invention also is based on obtaining the text, in both the first language to be learned, and also a second language that the user will be familiar with, of at least some of the spoken words on this video media. This...

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to View More

PUM

No PUM Login to View More

Abstract

A computerized method of language instruction which relies on language annotated video, such as popular third party videos which may be downloaded or streamed from third party servers or other sources. Here the language instruction service will generate instruction scripts containing native language text and translated text of the video, along with various computer instructions. This instruction script may then be read by script interpreter software which may run within a web browser. The system can interpret user GUI commands, such as mouse hovering commands to control playback of the third party video and annotate this playback with various language instruction tools and games.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]This invention is in the field of computerized foreign language instruction and reinforcement technology.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]Despite the intense interest in computerized methods of foreign language instruction and reinforcement, learning a foreign language is often a difficult and painful task.[0005]There are a number of popular computerized language instruction methods that have had some commercial success. For example, RosettaStone, Inc. of Arlington Va. produces and distributes a popular series of computerized language instructional materials. These computerized instructional materials operate, for example, by showing images of various common activities, such as eating, along with text and sound describing the various activities in a foreign language of interest. The system then requests that the language student click on the appropriate image that matches the appropriate text and sound.[0006...

Claims

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to View More

Application Information

Patent Timeline
no application Login to View More
IPC IPC(8): G09B19/00
CPCG09B19/06
Inventor MEIRI, MEISHAR
Owner MEIRI MEISHAR
Who we serve
  • R&D Engineer
  • R&D Manager
  • IP Professional
Why Patsnap Eureka
  • Industry Leading Data Capabilities
  • Powerful AI technology
  • Patent DNA Extraction
Social media
Patsnap Eureka Blog
Learn More
PatSnap group products

Browse by: Latest US Patents, China's latest patents, Technical Efficacy Thesaurus, Application Domain, Technology Topic, Popular Technical Reports.

© 2024 PatSnap. All rights reserved.Legal|Privacy policy|Modern Slavery Act Transparency Statement|Sitemap|About US| Contact US: help@patsnap.com